https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/
This info may help with superblock problem.
As mentioned by oldfred, backups are your safety belt.
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https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/
This info may help with superblock problem.
As mentioned by oldfred, backups are your safety belt.
Yes, good spot, oldfred - I completely missed it.
I can't quite believe that the Microsoft folder in the ESP was removed by the Ubuntu installation process?
os-prober is used in your grub file.
Assuming that your Windows 10 is working OK and neither hibernating nor encrypted
Boot into Ubuntu and open a terminal
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
...
Navigate to https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Open Downloads tab
Click ventoy-1.0.98-linux.tar.gz
This will take you to the sourceforge page where the file is located.
Download...
Ventoy uses exfat and there is no 4GB filesize limitation.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_linux_gui.html
Have a look at post 8 option 1 here https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=364944
I played around with the suggestion and seems OK.
The beauty is that it's quite easy to revert to defaults by...
Is this the file you wish to edit?
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested...
Difficult to answer without knowing what the errors are.
Depends on the unknown errors
Not really a long term solution but why not give it a go?
I suspect that you wish to do this to see if Grub picks up the Windows Boot Manager?
Microsoft has mandated for many years that Windows...
Line 333 - LegacyWindows detected
Line 56 - /efi/ubuntu/shimx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg
Line 105 - The firmware is EFI-compatible, and is set in EFI-mode for this installed-session.
Line 145 -...
After you have re-installed/repaired Windows 11, I would expect that the Windows Boot manager will take precedence over Grub
After you have established that your Windows 11 OS is working OK, boot...
Good - one problem shelved
Even better
Learn how to physically remove/add disks (it will be easier to install Ubuntu when the Windows disk is inaccessible)
Explore your PC UEFI settings – you...
Not making much progress yet, but never mind, let's see where we are?
During the installation process, when do you see "Something went wrong" message?
Also, in a "Try Ubuntu" session, can you...
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label
Model: WD P40 Game Drive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition...
Power off the PC
Boot your installation flash drive into a "Try Ubuntu" live session
Open a terminal and enter:-
[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "UEFI" || echo "Legacy"
Hopefully, the response...
It is recommended to use Windows tools (chkdsk) for Microsoft file systems.
For ext4, you can boot into a live "Try Ubuntu" session and use fsck.
Whether the repair is successful depends on the...
Lines 14 > 18 - No OS to fix, repair file systems and backup data recommended.
This does not bode well.
Boot-repair cannot see Windows nor your Linux OS.
It appears that your disks/filesystems...
Ubuntu 16.04 is now unsupported.
Back up all the data from both Ubuntu and Windows
Remove the disk sda, where Ubuntu is located
Boot Windows via PC boot menu
If Windows does not boot, you'll...
From the boot-repair report in post 7:-
Line 80 - One OS detected Windows 10 or 11 on nvme0n1p3
Line 151 - nvme0n1p5 2000406528 2000408575 2048 1M Linux filesystem
There is no sign of...
Some Lenovo laptops also need the Fn key for certain keyboard shortcuts.
For example, to move the cursor to the end of a line of text, use Fn End simultaneously
As you are using Ubuntu 22.04:-...
Manual Installation > Select sda1 > Change > Leave formatted as Ext4 > Mountpoint / (forward slash is root) > OK
Do you see the activated Next button?
@Rubi1200 - you were already on your...
What is the position with your PC now?
Did you stop the installation of Ubuntu?
Can you still boot into Windows 10?
Ubuntu 22.04 uses gdm3 for login.
It was installed automatically when you set up your system.
You can see a list of original packages via the manifest...
Pleased to have helped.
It's a nice gesture to mark the thread as solved - very helpful for other forum members/searchers:-
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/SolvedThreads
I've just re-tested a Legacy installation to an external disk with one partition using Xubuntu 24.04 Minimal.
I did not have any difficulty selecting a pre-prepared partition as a target.
The disk...